Combination furniture



. I. H. KILLMEYER.

COMBINATION FuRmTuRE.

' APPLICATION FILED DEC.27. I9f7. 1,315,846.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

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JOSEPH H. KILLMEYER, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

Application filed December 27, 1917. Serial No. 209,094.

To Zt '101mm it may concern:

lle it known that I, Josnrii H. Kinmrnrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

`This invention relates to combination furniture, and aims to provide an article of furniture which includes a dressing table, writing desk, table and bookcase. A

The primary obfect of the invention is to provide an article of furniture of the character stated which will be of extremely simple construction, which will be small and compact so to occupy but a small amount of space, which may be readily changed from one form of article to another', which may be manufactured at low cost, and which will prove thoroughly practical and efficient in use.

l/Vith these objects in View, together with others which willy appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel formation, combination and arrangement of inirts, all as will be described more fully hereinafter, illustrated in the drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of an article of furniture constructed in accordance with the invention, the same being shown in the form of a table,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken upon the .line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. l,

Fig. 4l. is a front elevation, parts broken away, and illustrating the device whei changed to a dressing table,

Fig.' 5 is a top plan view showing the parts extended,

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the device shown in Fig. l, and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken upon line 7-7 of Fig. 5, the mirror being shown in lowered position.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 8 indicates the top of the furniture, same comprising a board of any desired length and width, supported in horizontal position above the ground or floor by the legs 9. A leaf 10 fits beneath the top board 53, and is supported upon suitable guides affixed to the upper portions of the legs 9. This leaf fits snugly between the upwardly extending leg ends, and lies close beneath the under surface of the board 8. The leaf is adapted to be used as a writing 'table when extended, and is provided with depressions 11, 12 and 13; the latter being of differentJ sizes and shapes and being adapted respectively to contain letter paper, an ink well, and pencils or pens. A blotter 141 is positioned at the middle of the leaf, and may, if desired, be set into the upper surface of the leaf. The leaf or board 10 when moved inwardly lies wholly within the confines of the table.

Projecting outwardly from the ends of the furniture are cabinets 15, closed at their upper ends by plates 16 resting upon the upper extremities of the legs 9, and being of a length equal to the width of the top board 8 of the table. These cabinets are each provided with a substantially shallow sliding drawer 17 for the storage of any desired articles, and the space in the cabinets beneath the drawers are adapted to house books or magazines. The cabinets extend downwardly a distance substantially equal to one half of the height of the legs 9, and each is provided with a pair of track-ways 18 at its lower end disposed longitudinally of the furniture and parallel with the board 8. These track-ways are adapted to receive the edges of seats 19, the latter having upwardly extending supports 2O at their outer ends of a height equal to the distance between the floor and the upper surfaces of the plates 16. When the chairs thus formed are slid outwardly,as shown in Fig. 7, they may be used t0 support persons, it being understood that the free end of the seats 19 be not disengaged from within the trackways 18. Vhen it is desired to collapse the furniture, the chairs are slid inwardly and the backs 20 thereof will lie fiat against the sides of the cabinets 15.

Hinged to the rear edge of the top board 8 of the table is a back 25, which is of a height equal to the width of the table board 8, and is of a length equal to the distance between the inner edges of the plates 16. This back is also of a thickness equal to the thickness of the said plates 16, and is limited in its rearward swinging movement by the extensible supporting arms 26. The forward face of this back is provided with mirrors 27, thus providing the necessary reflecting surfaces for a dressing table. Then in use as the last mentioned article of furniture, the back is swung rearwardly in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3 and full lines in Fig. 4, but when swung forwardly, lies flat upon the top board 8 of the table and flush with the plates 16. The top board S is provided with cut out or depressed portions 28 and 29; the former being adapted to receive toilet articles such as manicure implements, while the depressions 29 may contain cream or rouge jars.

From the foregoing it is obvious that I have provided an article of furniture which will prove highly practical and eiiicient, and which combinesfour different articles in one. When collapsed, the article occupies but a Small amount of space.

While the above is a description of the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not necessarily limited to the precise structure shown and described, as various changes in the minor details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted tol without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the claim.`

In a device of the character described, the combination of a plurality of corner legs, a top fixed upon said legs adjacent their upper ends, the upper surface of said top terminating evenly with the upper ends of said legs, horizontal guides extending transversely of the device and being carried by said legs below said top, a leaf movable upon said guides and being reinforced by said top, a mirrored back hinged upon said top and beine adapted te` be folded down to rest upon sait top or swungvertically to eX- pose said top, said back being shorter than said top, and end compartmentsl carried by said legs and includingtop plates extending across the upper ends of said lefrs and said top to points adjacent the ends o said back, thus `forming an even upper surface when the back is resting on `said top, all for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses,

JOSEPH KILLMEYER. Witnesses:

Huso Bnriqnnorr, HOWARD A., BELL.

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